BestRacesFor race directors · always free
Your race is already here
BestRaces lists and ranks US races from public data. Here's what we do for your race and your runners, at no cost, and what claiming your listing adds.
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A 3D course map with your sponsors on it
Upload the GPX file you already have and get a 3D flyover of your course: satellite imagery, elevation, mile markers, and every aid station.
Put your sponsors on the map. Add each sponsor's logo to the aid station or mile it supports, with a link and a promo code. Runners see the logos on every flyover and tap through to the sponsor, which gives you something real to offer sponsors. Embed the map on your race site for free, as many times as you like.
For a limited time
We'll build it for you. Send us your course file (a GPX, or a link to your course map) and your sponsors' logos, and we'll build and publish your map free. Email [email protected]
The map here is our demo loop on the National Mall, sponsor logos included.
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A race-week email for your runners
Every race page has a share link. Runners who sign up through it get one email the week of your race: their pacing plan for your course, five years of race-day weather from NOAA, and where to stay. You send nothing, and we never share their details with anyone, including you.
Find your race on BestRaces and use "Give your runners race-week updates" on its page for your link, a ready-to-send message, and a button for your site.
BestRaces · race week
Achieva Clearwater Turkey Trot is Thursday, November 26
Clearwater, FL
This is the week the plan matters. Everything for race day is on your race page:
- Your pacing plan — splits, terrain, and typical race-morning temps
- The course and the numbers — map, elevation, field size
- Past 5 years on this date: typically 79°F at the warmest and 65°F at the coolest, closer to the low at a morning start (NOAA)
- Still need a place to stay? The lodging panel on the page compares what's left near the start
Trust the plan, go out slow, and good luck out there.
The real email for Achieva Clearwater Turkey Trot, as runners following it will get it.
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Reader giveaways that send runners to your registration page
Donate two free-entry codes and we run the whole giveaway: a page with the official rules, our newsletter, Instagram, Facebook and X, the random draw, and emailing the codes to the winners. Every entrant sees your race, whose page links straight to your registration, and no entrant's details ever go to anyone, so there's nothing to manage on your end.
Interested? Email [email protected].
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Claim your listing: free, and it never touches your rank
Claiming takes two minutes. Use an email at your race's own domain and you're verified the moment you click the link; otherwise we check by hand within a few days. Verified races get a badge and can correct dates and details themselves.
Rankings come from public data only: field size, history, credentials and character. Claiming, a giveaway, a course map or anything you pay for never changes your score. How the rankings work →
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